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speak no English, and do not even understand 

 it, and are, moreover, very particular about eti- 

 quette in dressing, &c., visits of ceremony would 

 be a farce, even if I had daytime to spare for 

 the purpose ; so unless a lady happens to pass 

 through the place to or from the Transvaal or 

 Mo9ambique, I have no chance of a gossip with 

 one of my own sex. 



I always try to go to bed early, but often just 

 when I am preparing for it I find that moths are 

 beginning to fly in, attracted by the light ; so I 

 sit up a little longer to catch them, or if the 

 night is not too windy, put a candle-lamp on the 

 verandah with a sheet under it, and taking out 

 my net and a chair, wait for them outside. 



One evening, whilst thus waiting, I walked to 

 the end of the verandah to look at the lovely full- 

 moon (which always seems brighter and larger 

 than in England), but, to my amazement, I saw a 

 new moon ! For a moment I thought I must be 

 going to have an attack of fever, as I knew I had 

 been watching the moon at its full the previous 

 eveniug, and remarking how huge it looked and 



